The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays Illustrative of the History, Arts, and Manners, of the Ninth Century, Volume 1Printed and published for the Alfred Committee by J.F. Smith, 1852 |
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Page xviii
... ETHELWERD , surnamed the Patrician , ' has left a chronicle of England down to the reign of king Edgar , written in the most barbarous and inflated Latin style that can possibly be conceived . He says , in his own work , that he was ...
... ETHELWERD , surnamed the Patrician , ' has left a chronicle of England down to the reign of king Edgar , written in the most barbarous and inflated Latin style that can possibly be conceived . He says , in his own work , that he was ...
Page xviii
... Ethelwerd 849 * Wantage in Berkshire . Ethelwerd , like the Saxon Chroni- a later year ( 857 ) . His genealogy is traced in cle , gives the following genealogy in the following order . King Alfred was the son of king Æthelwolf , who was ...
... Ethelwerd 849 * Wantage in Berkshire . Ethelwerd , like the Saxon Chroni- a later year ( 857 ) . His genealogy is traced in cle , gives the following genealogy in the following order . King Alfred was the son of king Æthelwolf , who was ...
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... Ethelwerd 849 his great - grandfather Eafa , whose father was Eoppa , and his great - grandfather's grand- father was Ingild , brother of Ine , king of the Western- Angles , who ended his life at Rome ; and the above- named kings ...
... Ethelwerd 849 his great - grandfather Eafa , whose father was Eoppa , and his great - grandfather's grand- father was Ingild , brother of Ine , king of the Western- Angles , who ended his life at Rome ; and the above- named kings ...
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... Ethelwerd 84.9 * The Wihtwara , or in the Latin form , VECTUARII , are the " inha- bitants of Wight ; " hence " Wihtga- raburg " the " town of the inhabi- tants of Wight : " its modern name is CARISBROOK . MATTHEW of WESTMINSTER says ...
... Ethelwerd 84.9 * The Wihtwara , or in the Latin form , VECTUARII , are the " inha- bitants of Wight ; " hence " Wihtga- raburg " the " town of the inhabi- tants of Wight : " its modern name is CARISBROOK . MATTHEW of WESTMINSTER says ...
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... Ethelwerd 851 3 That year was not yet finished , when a large fleet of pagans came , with 350 ships , to the mouth of the river Thames , commonly called Thames - mouth , and destroy- ed the city of Canterbury and the city of London ...
... Ethelwerd 851 3 That year was not yet finished , when a large fleet of pagans came , with 350 ships , to the mouth of the river Thames , commonly called Thames - mouth , and destroy- ed the city of Canterbury and the city of London ...
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æfre Ælfred aforesaid army ancient Anglo-Saxon army of pagans Asser battle Berkshire bishop bith Boethius BRITISH MUSEUM brother century Charlemagne Charles Charles the Bald CHARTERS Christians Chronicle Asser church coins Danes Danish death dominions duke Ealle earl earth East-Anglia Elfred emperor empire England English eorthan Essays Ethelbald Ethelred Ethelstan Ethelwerd Ethelwulf father Florence Forthæm fortress fought France Franks Gaul gave gesceafta honour Huntingdon Hwæt Kent king Alfred King Alfred's king of Mercia king's kingdom land Lewis London Lord Lord's Lothaire mæg meaht monastery monks nation Neustria nobles Northmen Ofer Oxford pagans peace place called pope princes reign river river Thames Roman Rome royal Saxon Chronicle ships Simeon siththan slain St Neot sword thæm thæs Thæt Thames Theah things thone Thonne thou tion victory Wessex West-Saxons wintered Wuhte